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What advice would you give to incoming students at CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
622
Middle
DISTRICT 992 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153003775
CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL
7702 RIDGE RD, PORT RICHEY, FL 34668 · (727) 774-1300 · Pasco County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL622 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Florida public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
400 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 196 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 192 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 234 | 38% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
40.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
36.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.1% | 36.2% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 34.9% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL
CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 622 | 64.3% | 37.2% |
| BOK ACADEMY LAKE WALES | 640 | 64.2% | 55.8% |
| BAYONET POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 668 | 62.7% | 34.5% |
| MURRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUART | 564 | 65.2% | 46.2% |
| MCINTOSH MIDDLE SCHOOL SARASOTA | 693 | 61.2% | 53.5% |
| SEBASTIAN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL SEBASTIAN | 775 | 61.4% | 57.8% |
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #495 of 560 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #512 of 560 ▼ 21 | #13 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #453 of 560 ▼ 32 | #10 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 622 | #425 of 584 | #16 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #113 of 547 | #4 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #159 of 553 | #8 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.3% | #117 of 565 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #197 of 379 | #3 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
622
-26 (-4%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 755
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 622 | 35.8 | 17.4:1 | 64% (400) |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 75% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 688 | 40 | 17.2:1 | 84% (578) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 75% (487) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 51 | 14.1:1 | 82% (592) |
| 2015-16 | 825 | 52 | 15.9:1 | 82% (678) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 44 | 17.2:1 | 73% (554) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL
CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle school with its address in PORT RICHEY, Florida. The school counts 622 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 22% smaller than the 794 average for middle schools in Florida.
PASCO enrolls 86,873 students, and its 105 schools include CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL. The largest is White students, at 46%. Other students are 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 7% multiracial. That is lower than the 72% White share among all Pasco County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.4:1. This ratio sits 2.2 below the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 64% in 2024-25. That is higher than the 37% average for public schools in Pasco County.
CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is 11.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (37.2% versus 48.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Among Pasco County residents, the median household income is $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 111 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 48.7%, higher than CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL's 37.2%.
The federal government classifies CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 622 students in 2024-25, 26 fewer than the 648 it had in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Pasco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
611,444
Census ACS
Median income
$70,492
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
86,873 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASCO
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,233 students
- WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,218 students
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,206 students
- JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,201 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,006 students
- WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,928 students
Other schools in PORT RICHEY
- GULF HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 689 students
- FOX HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 636 students
- CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- DAYSPRING JAZZElementary · 262 students
Nearby schools
- CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 612
- CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 417
- WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 765
- MARCHMAN TECHNICAL COLLEGE0.7 mi · 2
- PEPIN ACADEMIES OF PASCO COUNTY0.8 mi · 300
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS1.1 mi · 55
Frequently asked questions
About CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 622 students in grades 06-08.
Is CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
How diverse is CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 46% White, 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by PASCO in Pasco County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.